The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-10 00:00:00

casion)blaine too ranch ; for who could have laid their heads upon Dalilab's • lap without, being barn. The Von: Gentleman now went into the several caieri mentioned in the charge, and stated the points of the evidence 'which made an impression on his mied; that 'undue influence had been used -and e9euiyed at by the Commander in Chief. This he took to be proved in the exchange between Lieut.- Colenels Brook and Knight, from the circumstances `of a ,person :of Mr. R. Knight's knowledge of the world to pay . 2001.—trom the pencil mark " cannot_ he acceded to" being first put on the application, and from-the Coincidencestletween Mrs. Clarke and Dr..Thyntie resPeeting the slip of paper with the names. ' He thought Pierson's differing in his tvi &nee from 'Mrs. Clarke was a proof that no con spiracy existed between them, and that it was ex traordinary no one 'should be called to disprove the changing of the note, which Might easily have,been done. In TonYn's case,. he observed on the remark able feature of - Sanden's selling influence.tO Tonyn, which he did not believe existed. The mysterious . , note had, in his opinion by, the manner in which it had been brought fiirwa ' rd, and the fruitless attempt Made to prove it a forgery, been swelled into an im portance it ci:d not deserve. He was one of the per ions intrusted' with the secret, and, like others, had believed . the note to be as dead as Horner, and that it never could' appear more. He had thought it a forgery at first, but afterwards, on comparing it with the other letters, he was convinced it was none, which opinion was Dot shaken by the cock and bull story of Mr. Town, the velvet-painter, or any wit ness he had heard. Sander's saying " they have forgot it," was another proof it was genuine ; for " they " meant Mrs. Clarke and the Duke of York, and could apply to no other person. The Learned Gentleman (Mr. Burton) entertained doubts of its titele!n;leity. Would to God, for every reason, he coold see it anti be convinced! But could it be pos . ail* that the Right Honourable Chancellor of the gxcheeeer still entertained a doubt—if he did, one from the dead would not convince him of its being aerhentic. He. had no doubt it was genuine. It had been observed that this note was dovetailed in no where ;' butwirs it therefore to be excluded from . the case ?' IG proved Mrs. Clarke's influence, in a transaaion where every thing appeared dithe most regular way, told Where the business was done be fore :she interfered. R And this was another proof chat the r Duke of Tnrk, in order to curry favour, flattered her with the idea that her influence 'did every' thieg He levels mountains, raises plains, Changes and alters each degree, • Exalts your daughter, and debases me. die next drew similar. conclusions from the ease of Colonel French's 'levy a in the . course of his exarni nation.ef Which lie observed, that, notwithstanding. the maener in which Miss Taylor had been' treated, while givihg her evidence at the Bar, her evidence remained unimpaired. Muth had been said of ca• lumnies on his side of the House , --certain he was there were not wanting ,calumnies on the other.-- Miss Taylor was calumitiated merely because she had kept company with Mrs. Clarke. What ! were . all those \ who had kept to npnuy with Mrs. Clarke, to he involved. in one common reprobation ? He would' not name all those w hu kept that Lady's coin , Noy it was not necessary to name them. thit he hoped the 'Gentleman opposite him would exempt front that ,reproach t Reverend, 'Divine, a Brigadier General, 'As to k'leneh'S levy, it was consider err in bawd to be a job of the'rankest sort. The very wants of the-letter of 'service might prove it ; and he now - recolleard, th,t but a day or two after the date of:Colonel Whitelock'it letter respetaing '4 a motion whs .made in that House by an ,Honour able Friend of hisrfor an inquiry into it, and for a return of the men it had produced, It appeared, that om of Soo men who, were to he raised, it had tlhin produced only 144 i, and that et taut. per man. however, was called economically going to Wink. It had also beets aiteMpted to destroy Mr. Dowler's evidence, but with . no more success, in his opinion, than that of Miss Taylor. It 'wits contend ed that he had crintradieted hitnSelf ; and that be bad been eontradided by' Mrs. Clarke. It did not ap pear that he had contradided himself, His answer -- to' Mr, Combe, at least did not prove it ; for his an . sWer to Mr. Combo was, that he did not recoiled having saki that he had obtained the appointment of C.:nituissary through Sir Brooke Watson. Besides, the testimony ghen in his favour by Mr. Combe was sohseivient to that supposed selt-cootradietion. Who lia,t appointed Dowler had never been as-, , certained. lit vain were the records of the Tree... 'ry, iir vain v. , cre the Secretaries of the Treasury ex" ! aniuted : no trace could any where be found, of a recommendation for the appointment of _Mr. pow.' ler. :It was said,, ind e ed, that a Mr. Vernon did' $.llOOl bus Mr. Doi.vet hint hecn appOinted, but Mr. ‘VCll4tar had. iie‘er Le en c:tlied upon to explain it. The truth he believed, was, teat firs. Clarke bild obtained it for hid), iknd no other; and bow except tfirough the infitterire of the Duke of "Yerk, which stir. wasp iil iOOOl, ? Th 6 Paymaster ship fur 1!:!..:n . 0ri rff!;sl Ilavr; bctri ohrifiteif through ,erne. He would tint iv/ that the Duke of York took any pact of the money so ohtained. • lifs„wish ;night merely he`to gratify his Mistress, not to pocket the money. ft had (milt been . Said, that Mrs. Clarke hint treasured up all the papers and letters which had been preduced, in order to gratify her vetig6hoeti naiil.4l iii 011.110.! of York., On the cod.' trary, she seemed to ne,,rather careless about them. How else wind(' she have left so many of them with ar Hampstead, to he employed for any purpvse Tbi s - to hirl was abundant proof that she 1 1 , 4 d no orticusly kept thtlri together, with any un frietidly intontiou toward:; the Duke of Y'ork; Or Ke n n et e s C Os he stiould not dwell, whether well tfr that- ease furnished few means to, e n3 bi e hire -to loin an opinion. Now, that all this evidence was before the flose, would Gentlemen still continue to say That infamy must attach' itself somewhere, on the aectispr or the accused? Would they contince now to say that it must attach on his Honourable Friend (Mr.' Wardle) ? No ! where 'theft will they place it ? This at present he should not pursue farther. Where were the conspirators with whom he had been scared ? 'Has his Honours- , hle Friend a Conspirator, was he a Jacobin ? No! the folhei of Princes were the true food of jaw- Tin.y he'd their , rneetings in doecester- Dace, and the Duke of -York . was their chminin. rive it our of palaces', and you have Uoihing to fear Jioni Jacobitrimn in the . cottages. His Ho nourable Frtknd, Mr. Wa r dle,, was the real Anti jAcabin ; met such asflatter blioisteri, and whO tells A . . the people tbet ihese' yho arc against Ministers are against the Government---bu(orie whe points out the real, and tells'us we art saved, if we :timely stop the progress of corruption. It the Heuse but do their duty; 'we shall be saved. • He, at leest, would vote for the Address of Hon. Friend, or for, any other that tended to accomplish his intentions. His inten tion was to. discover and destroy corruption es-e 4 his 'Must be the work - of that House. The plague was among us; we must burn the incense, be purified, or we perish. ' • . - The ATTORNEY•GeNERAL said, that as the Hon. Gentlemen had addressed. some obServatione to him, he hoped he might be allowed to make a few obser vstions in his turn, to that Hon.. Gentleman. That Hon. Gentleman bait said, that he could not for the seerld attempt to gain the vote of any man, unless frem his convietiort, But he well knew what autho rity he possessed in that House, and it seemed to be his own eonvitti6n which he endeavoured to im press upon the mind of ethers. The present . ques, lion divided itself into two, and upon a proper sepa ration of these two distinel questions must rest the fate of the Addresses that have been moved. These questions were--Ist. Whether the corruptions corn - plained of existed or not ?--tally. Whether the Duke of York, if they existed, was privy to them ? The . Hon. Gentleman observed, that the Duke of York, in the eyes Of justice, should not be more consider ed than the lowest subject—granted ; bet then let not the Hon. Gentleman deny to his Royal High ness what is allowed to the meanest subject. Let him assert his innocence; and let it not be brought against him as an additional vletrge,- that he declar ed the charges alleged against him are wholly un fOunded. Let the matter be examined without pre judice or partiality. Bet the Hen. Gentleman seems teady to stand forth the champion of Mrs. Clarke's veracity, which he tells us we have made ineffectual attempts to discredit. Mrs. Clarke is the Goddess of his Idolatry, and he will not allow the sacred. ness of her character to be violated. But how does the matter stand ? is not her evidence impeached by that of Mr. Nicholls, of Hampstead ? Did not Mrs. Clarke deny ever having passed herself for a widow, or ever having represented herself as the wife of . Mr. Dewier ? Yet it has been proved by Mr. Nicholls, that Mrs. Clarke has passed herself for a widow, and afterwards for.the wife of Mr. Dewier; and that when asked why she endeavoured to con ceal her marriage ? her answer was; that if the Duke of York knew it, he would send Mr. Dowler out of the country. But while .the Honourable Gentleman is so busy in defending. one witness, he does not forget to abuse ,another. Mrs. Clarke had left some papers at Hampstead, ift the hands of Mr. Nicholls.. The present charges being noised abroad, Mrs. Clarke wishes to get back the papers, and sends to Mr. Nicholls to demand them. Mr. Nicholls refuses them, and tot - this. refusal the,Hon. . Gentleman accuses him of having'aeled basely, dis honestly; and corruptly. These were hard wprds.; and were Mr.' Nichols ue:that House, he would be en titled to retort theta, But it.is the ohje& of the Hen. i• Gentleman to beat down Mr. Nicholls, and to uphold Mrs. Clarke. But Mr. Nicholls may defend himself. . He may say Mrs. Clarke is my .Creditor ; and .f• am justified in retaining her papers until I am peid what she justly is indebted to me.. . But it is not only Mr. Nicholls whom the Hon. Gentleman at tacks, but those who brought him forward, as a witness. Other witnesses, hoWeser, have deposed to the same efill6t , is not Airs Clarke again con ` midi:led when she denies that'she passed at Reid'e Hotel -for Mrs. Dowlet ? and hero again is a mate 7 rial contradietion to be observed on the part of Mr, Dowler.. Mr. Dowler, says; he saw Mrs..Clerkeen the gutiday after his e arrival, and that he only found her address throitgli the medium of, the Newspapers; yet Mrs., Clarke flew to him tomsedietely on his arrival, • and passed a ni'ght with himu at the Hotel lie had al ready nuAtioued. "This again was a Material contra diaien on the part of Mr. Duwler, who was anxious to make the tiouse believe he was an unwilling wit- . IIR3S. Mrs. Clarke's evidence is also eetaredided by Mr. Knight where he asserts . , that Mrs. C. made it a ; point teat all should be kept : a secret troth the Duke of 'York, and that she also threatened to bring for- ward the Deke's letters.. Mrs. C. is also contradicted where she says that she never knew Mee Neery ' under any other name than that of Favery, although it ha s been proved that she knew Mrs. ['Avery un der the name of Farquhar, and had even recommend- , ed her as hou;ekeeper to Mr. m a ll{, under that teeter, Were not these contradietious, _and contradictions of the wes t d;:eee ri:lture ? Where then is the Hon. Gi.ottlemait's bOaAted succ..!s, in (want . % out oft he field all tho u who would attempt to discredit toe evidence of Mrs. Cl,:rke ? ' The transaction . of the exchange between lit eolCand kteein, only proves that Knight was deluded by .f wine, and that Thymie was de luded by Mrs. Chuk r e. It May be true that the tooL was paid ; but nothing provei that it was paid to the- ktio , eledge of toe Duke of York I yet this is tee case upon which the gfeaiest stress is laid.— The' LeartiA nentletnan then proceeded through the examination of the other.caSes, where he again, conviited Mrs. Mike of corstrediClien, and ofposesi. themes which she pet in practice to gain money, by inducing a belief that she had , great intidence over the Duke, Whiie in no one instance can be proved that • his Royal Highness was ever acquaieted with any of_ her stratagems, much letis tfiat he had ever partici-, cipated in the fruits of her ir4oaitions. Viewing the charges in that light, and thoroughly convinced of the innocence of the Duke of York, he felt hinee selfsbound to vote ter the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. WerratiEAD sai4 a few words in explanation, Mr. BANKS rose amidst a. general cry of " Ad journ, adjourn !" The 'Hon. Member kaid, it was not hia intention to intrude typo the patience a the HouSe at so late an hour; hilt ar he meant to move an Amendment,upon the original citation, he was de sirous,of stating - the nature a i The Amendment proposed by his: Hon. Friend (Mr.liathurst) would, he said, form the basis of ‘vhat he meant to submit ; and though he was prepared to proceed, if the House were disposed to hear him, he giouldthink it more advisable to avail himself of thelew hours reflection which the adjournment would give, and to consult further with his friends, noon at nint• that cAlled for such grave itnd mature deliberaAn. It WilS his intention to propose the abridgemen't -of Much of the original Adlress, and to add to para graph that, should negative the conclusion of per sonal corruption, or criminal participation, or nivange on -the part of his /loyal Highness. It was 440 his intention to prepare, that that part of the Address which went to the dismissal of his Royal Highness should be left out •: but at the same tense that the Amendment should be so worded, that it should express the decided opinion of the House, that his Royal Highness could not, at present, con tinue to hold the office of Commander in Chief.--. Having thus stated his intention, he should, with out farther remark, move, that the House do now adjourn. Adjourned accordingly at Half-past Four o'Clock to tlitadv. MAILS. . ARRIVRD.--2 Dublin. DUL—I Cottenburgh, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS T/1111 z s y AT TWYLTL O'CLOCK. Conmis . THE SUN. 11)t.r.3.1 QUI. DICIIIOI tALIUM AUDILAT? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1809. Dicptebei have been received from Rear-Adthi rat SThrFoirl), dated the f.td instant, .at anchor in Basqui! 'toads, with seven sail of the line, blockad sing eleven sail:of the line,.-and the 'Calcutta ; and it now appears that instead of a Frigate, as mentioned in hit former. Dispatch, published in the Gazette, the Ship - on her beam 7 ends, and with masts gone, is a new tiat-gun ShiP, and that site is complete* bilged.. One of the Frigates is also bilged, and de. 'serted . by the crew, and 'the two others are on their beam-ends. 'llw attack on Martinique was fixed for the t gth of January. • It is reported Pin . liacntnit is to be adjourned to Tuesday next. It is confidently said that an Austrian .Messenger has arrived with pacific proposals from his Court.— This intelligence is strengthened by several letters from Heligoland, dated the 3d inst. that came by a Packet from that place, which arrived yesterday.— .It is also said that a Russian Messenger has arrived with dispatches df the same tandoncy, and that the Courts of Denmark and Prussia concur in a dispo sition to renew amicable relations with this country, ' froth a sense of the necessity Of putting bounds to the enormous strides, and overwhelming ambi. tiun of the French Ruler. It is said that the Austlian Messenger adually brings the Declar ation of War issued by his Court against France. —Ministers ' have not suffered the contents of these• Dispatches to transpire, as the success of the measures in view depend so much upon the secrecy and deciAOn which attend .their progress. We have before expressed our hopes that BUONAPARTE has at last roused the oppressed' and insulted States of Europe to a sense Of their disgrate and danger, and he bas perhaps reached the topmost round of his ambition. • The following are paragraphs, extraCted from a letter, dated Gibraltar, Feb. 9, tang : " A recent letter from Major GuasN, at Manresa, in Catalonia, to GenerailivuummoND, states that he had. ccilleaed above 6000 Spaniards, and, attacked a column of the.enetuy, who were completely routed; that they had precipitately abandoned all their ad vanced po,itions, and fallen back on the strong holds. .`flu reinforcents which were on their march from France' had been countermanded, and it was believed that BUOSIAPAitTE Was 01) his route to Paris. " All.accounts from the Eastern provinces of Spain . are favourablec . By the very lam& intelligence from Saragosia, it appears the enemy had again been re pulsud ,with peat loss. Thintrio's army is com puted to, consist of 25 or 80,000 men, wh o , i t seems, are daily acquiring confidence from the use of arms and practice in the field " Colonel Dovi s s, at the head of 8000 Open, was pushing towards Sarago s sa, when we last hard from him, to force open the communication between that 'city and Tarragona. Lord COLLINGWOOD was at Malta 2.7411 .oIL refitting. .441 - MOUNBROUGO is .at Port Mahon,with 1 3 Sail of the line, victualled for six mouths. ' 1 'the battalion.of the 7th and 529th Vesirnents have arrived at Cadih harbour' from Lisbon; the 40th hits arrived at. Seville." . . •Tli ATti new comedy brought for ward- last might at the Haymarket Theatre, under the title of bulependence, br The Trustee, is the pro du tion of Mr. ALLlttonAm, to whom the public are indebted for several popular dramas, ..The Co. medy is a mixture of the serious and comic, and is admirably' calculated to draw forth ,the talents of the respective Performers, particularly MURDEN I EMBRY, FAWCETT, C. Katene, and LISTON. 7-- There werosome passages which gave offence to the audience, but they were mere points of dialogue, There is nothing of remarkable noveltyin the plot, but it is by no means devoid of interest, and there is a diversity of characters which renders •the piece highly entertaining. It was evident, even before the drawing of the curtain, that there were pnruly spi rits in the !louse, who came for the express pur pose of defeating the hopes of the author ; but the, extiusite4ting by whiclt.the Comedy was sustained, and its intrinsiC merit,, will, we doubt not, etiettu, ally bear,it through the. storm. of private malice, all ;all those passages which seemed - to be generally dis approved, will of, course tie expunged. The house was full, and though there was much opposition on piece for. to-morrow evening, yet t hat oppoSitton was manifestly confined to a turbu x!Tt flw, and the, geLtral sentiment was decidedly w its fay our. ' NAVAL NEW''. PLYMOUTH, MARCH French Privateer, rowing 36 sweeps, captured on Monday morning last, off the Eddystone, the fishing Smack lib/nine Star, of this Port, J. Ltvis master and owner, and sent her for St. Maloes. The same Privateer after.; wards boarded a Cawsand fishing-boat, which she plundered of spy-glasses and sundry other articles, and then sent her away, telling the Mast& of the Boat to proceed to Plymouth and say they had Op tured the Morning . Star Cutter . and sent her lot France, and that they had put LAVIS the master ia, irons. The same Privateer had captured a Brit: from Ireland laden with provisions, bound to Loil. don, name not learned. Sailed the Resolute Gun-brig, Lieut. Hatters, and the Rdwena hired Armed Brig, Lieut. GLANVILtJ with a Convoy to the Westward ; -and the Freud) Brig Cowie, des Indes, laden with a valuable carg a ' for London. LiVERPCOL, MARCH B.—Arrived. the Marwell, To wnEt; and the Par egen, FORS Y rit, from Demerara, which place they left on the 524th of January; and the 29th, off Martinique, saw a large Fleet—spoke his Majesty's Ship Ikeoiverine, who informed them that it was the Expedition going against tbat Island, and that the attack was to be made that evening. SfiEBRNESS, MARCH g.—Sailed from the Nore this morning, his Majesty's Brig Starling, 'A . " ' 1 Fleet under Convoy for Gottenborgh. HARWICH, MARCH g.—Arrived the Auckland Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, with a Mail from Heligoland , having landed at Aldbro yesterday evening a Rio' sian and an Austrian Messenger, charged with dis• patches of importance. PORTSMOUTH,, MARCH g.—Sailed his Majesty's Ships Lark on it craize, Monmouth. pad Linnet with a convoy for the Downs. It is expeded his Majesty's Shjp Merope charge of the Vessels bound to Madeira and the West Indies (which lost convoy) and sail the tire; fair wind. FALMOUTH, MARca Majesty's Ship L'Espiegle, . ou :a .cruize ; Dispaich Packet, Capt. HARRIS, with Mails, for Lisbon; and several Trans ports, • for Plymouth., DZAL, MARCH g.--Arrivcd his MajestY4 Ship Trompeuse, from a cruize;, and the Melpomene , from Portsmouth; and remain in the Downs wi th his I,ljesty's Ships, &c, as per last. NUPTIAL INFIDELfrY. • - . The unfortunate circumstance which we mentl ° " ed yesterday is now so much the subjeEt of convey: sation, not merely in the highercitcles, that it viol a _ be affeftation to be mysterious in alluding to it.' ' Mr. H. W-11.-SL-T, W}lo is one'.of the most amiable and respeaable men in the country, had ob,erved. ' the particular notice paid to his . Lady by Lord P--.'. ' but having the utmost confidence 'in her. honour/ it had excited no alarm in his mind. Aware, hon'• ever, of the malice of the world on such occasions, he had cautioned her against giving any appearaacq of attention to the assiduities of that Nobleman, Mt -she should expose herself to maly.volent insittuations. Lady CuAIIt.OTTS, it seems, mat t -ested great coati-. sion and distress in cons equ e n e e o f t hi s p r udent and delicate admonition, and withdrew hastily figin tits room. . A short time after Mr. A--T, a friend Ok ' Mr. W-LL-st.-Y, called, and told the latter that he had Seen Lady CHARLUTTE: walking in apparent. agitation towards the Pink. Mr.W. with the utmost anxiety for.the welfare of his wife, who, be thought , might have been hurried by her feelings to adopt. Sall)ti desperate ad of selt-destruction, went after her with all possible rapidity, and iu a stale of ear' turbation whiCh it is ltnpossib:e to describe. It is needless to add Mat his search was fruitless... -. It is said that instead of fteling that high sen4t: " i t : virtuous deliCacy and wo un d e d sensibility, wine" Mr. W. ascribed to her, the Lady had, as soon as she quitted her husbatio's house, distnisted tier servatir, took a hackney coach, and sent off a note to Lord .: :P.-. The parties of course met, and under the inr• . pulse of that indignation which the Lady, felt i,. in mistaking the dittates of tend er a d mon i t io n for t''' workings of jealous spleen ,. she; In a moment pl . "' pirated herselt into the depths of shame and sorr () „ ' far the rest of her life.- It is"reportedtliat Lord i r gi) : wrote to his venerable father soon after bill 11/ ;.„,f •choly transadion had taken place eN P re- ,';(1, the deepest angukh At what had haPP e-- „% iv and lamenting .th-at he did not•fall with I wn- in the field Of danger, where he had late ly , f and where,..indeed, acco r di ng to t h e testimonY 't lie acquitted . c, rl , who observed and c 3ll judge o f hi s . conduct , , c himself io such a manner as to deserver". esteem and admiration of his country. Thus it OIL pears that - the iniscotidutt of this Nobleman has "',. ready brought upb n hi m t h e severe p utt isi t ment t)f self-reproach ; but his sufferings must sink to t7 l thing in compari son w i t h w h at hi s w if e and 0 1 ~ dren mu s t fe e l, an d w h at an itijured . husbind 'm o th endure, deSerted by the woman whom lid loved , ' and left with tour children, who will conitan4 R i . mind 'him of the l oss w hi c h t h e y as wallashim' must through life have•bitter reason to deplore. ......._ RIRTHS On the ibth ult. a Cotraggr's wit*, in the Parish of E arn. Well, County Qt . Forfar, o f three children, two boys god 3 g irl, Who, with tile mother, arc all well rind thrlviag. ult. in 0111 D. On Thursday the a3tl his lad year, Nathaniel Va. Tidson, Esq. of Alnwielci Northumberland. for i n u e a r d irl Y e . raotvhsticsiaapiaAti oti.i tnetts in the S wino, Mr. f astshure, La Noon : Printed by R. HAARIS (of ftlents:U.4ond, flow.4tretti, and publisned by W. A. Seatret fell'eu w At‘wit...tit-streett, at the Sun.iniice, step Strand.